Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I usually don't write reviews but after reading some of the previous comments I felt I needed to in order to help people out who are on the fence on whether or not to get this item. I am a mobile DJ and thought this camcorder would be good to record some of my gigs. At first I too could not figure out how to charge this camcorder right out of the box, but after taking about 30 seconds to read the instructions I realized it was built into the strap and there is a usb adaptor included. As I write this review, I am charging my camcorder through the USB on my Macbook computer. The fact that so many people can give a good item bad reviews because of their own ignorance and laziness is beyond me. If you are considering purchasing this item but are on the fence because of the bad reviews I say buy it. It is really good for the price and super easy to use. After charging my cx220 for about 20 minutes on my Macbook, I was able to immediately record my first event with zero learning curve. Hope this helps.